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19th August 1955
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Improved Coach Heating System

A DESIGN for a heating system for buses and coaches comes in patent No. 730,723, from WeathersMelds, Ltd., 48 Moor Street,...

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Advice for Removers

and Others . . • An Invaluable Guide Newly Published by the Contains Much Useful Information of Interest to General Hauliers :...

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In a Line or Two

John Griffiths and Son (Griff Chains). Ltd., Dudley Wood, P.O. Box No. 7, Cradley Heath, Staffs, have issued a folder...

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Sunley Transport Buy 35 More

T HIRTY-FIVE more vehicles (1561 tons) and six trailers have been taken over from British Road Services by Sun Icy Transport...

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Now It Can Be Told .

A CUSTOMER walked into the Bruddersfield parcels office of -1.- Utopian Road Services and said: "According to your Pickfords...

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THE WEAK LINK

By E. P. McTighe A.F.Inst.Pet. How Developments Designed to Increase Output in Petrol Engines have Caused Earlier Failure of...

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A Russian Coach in England

T HE only Russian vehicle operating . in Britain at the present time is a ZIS coach, a picture of which was published in The...

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tel Fleet

of F. Perkins, Ltd., Deliver Factory , Collect Materials and Form Mobile for New Engine Designs: Maintenance 9n Weekly...

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Triple Functions of a IN

I T is perhaps incumbent upon leading companies in the motor industry to be model ancillary operators, and in the case of F....

Page 54

When to Refrigerate

IN connection with your article, Transport by A Degrees" (July 29), at the tail end of which our design of Autofreezer...

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"Artic " Biscuit Vans for Overnight Loading

QIX biscuit vans, based on semi-trailer chassis, have been supplied by the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Warwick, to McVitie and...

New " Ride-on " Floor Cleaner

A BATTERY ELECTRIC floor1scrubbing machine upon which the operator rides has been produced by Matling, Ltd., Wolverhampton....

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Linked for Efficiency

By C. S. Dunbar, M.Inst.T. Here. perhaps, I should refer to my remarks in the first section of this article where I mentioned...

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Smalls Service!

Parcels Traffic to Seaside Resorts Increases Greatly During Summer. . Over Half of Traffic Collected in Area Consigned...

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Dickery Docks

W HY hauliers rather than the many other interests perturbed at delays at docks should take the lead in calling a conference...

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Revocation Inquiry Adjourned : Haulier Not Warned

A FTER the defending solicitor had complained bitterly that matters of which he had not been warned were being introduced, Mr....

Daimler to Make Hobbs Transmission

A STATEMENT of policy has been made by Mr. R. E. Smith, managing director, Hobbs Transmission, Ltd., a company in which the...

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Substituted Lorry : Fined £24

FINES totalling £24, and special costs I of £9 3s., were imposed on Sunley Transport (Stafford), Ltd., by Rugeley magistrates...

Municipal Purchases and Proposals

Salford City Council are recommended to buy a tower wagon, Barking Council are recommended to buy a BedfordsLacre...

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Bigger Bedford Bus Chassis for 41-seat Bodies

rA A NEW Bedford 216-in.-wheelbase chassis for coach or bus bodywork has been introduced to replace the previous...

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New E.R.F .• for 9 Tons Gross

A NEW model for 9-ton gross loads, giving a payload capacity of about 6 tons, was announced on Monday by E.R.F., Ltd.,...

Greater Freedom for Indian Operators?

DIM/ATE carriers in India will be allowed greater freedom if recommendations of the transport planning study group for the...

Haulage Business Reunited

THE formation of A. E. Booty (Transport), Ltd. (announced in Tire Commercial Motor last week), heralds a new phase in goods...

Econofreight: Third Adjournment

T HE hard-fought application by Econofreight Transport, Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees, for a licence for an ektra bulk cement vehicle...

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Men in the News

Ma. A. J. S. BROWN has joined the board of the Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd. MR. THOMAS A. HALLAM has become technical...

All Against Oxford Waiting Ban A S a result of a

meeting called in Oxford on Thursday of last week by the National Road Transport Federation, all concerned are to oppose the...

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NOW 10,000 FOR B.R.S.

2,300 Vehicles Still to be Sold IT was announced on Wednesday evening that British Road Services are to keep nearly 10,000...

List 12 Vehicles Mainly Light

M OST of the vehicle s without premises in list 12 of transport units, published on Wednesday, are light types weighing 3 tons...

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Do Not Pay Tax on Compensation: R.H.A. Request to Chancellor

T HE Road Haulage Association have advised members who have received compensation for businesses compulsorily acquired under...

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One Hears

Of extensive German credits to Turkey to permit increased purchases of goods and services. That in one case the interest rate...

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Fairer Rallies

rr HE hope expressed last year by The Commer cial Motor that commercial-vehicle rallies would become a national institution is...

Passing Comments

Saved by the Bus Q NE of the few defenceless men ever to face the charge of a lioness and live is a bus driver of Central...

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Another Nail

T HE Minister of Transport has knocked another •hail into the coffin of concession fares. It has become clear that he regards...